Industrial displays adopt widescreen format

Hitachi Display Products Group has announced four new widescreen TFT LCD display modules in a 16:9 display format.

With customers increasingly demanding the flexibility to display more information for an improved user experience, Hitachi Display Products Group has announced four new widescreen TFT LCD display modules in a 16:9 display format.

Featuring display sizes of 7, 9, 12 and 15.4in, the new modules deliver industrial levels of specification, WVGA and WXGA resolutions and join the 7in, WVGA high brightness TX18D16VM1CAB display launched earlier this year.

"We see 16:9 wide format modules as the future direction for industrial displays, and the launch of these LCD modules places Hitachi at the forefront of this growth market".

"With four display sizes and wide VGA and XGA resolutions our strategy is to continue to offer customers the best quality, choice and value in the market", comments Mark Stephenson, Product Manager for Hitachi Display Products Group.

"We see these modules being used in a wide variety of application areas particularly in medical and industrial monitoring where the wide screen enables larger amounts of data to be displayed".

"The wide viewing angle of the 9in IPS module also lends itself to gaming and personal media applications".

Offering an automotive class operating temperature range of -30 to +80C, the TX18D57VM1BAA is a 7in WVGA TFT that delivers top quality optical characteristics with a contrast ratio of 450:1 and a brightness of 600cd/m2 and 130 degrees view angle from any direction.

Featuring Hitachi's advanced In-Plane Switching (IPS) technology, the TX23D12VM1CAA is a 9in WVGA module that offers viewing angles of up to 176 degrees in any direction ensuring a bright and clear image in all usage conditions.

Typical performance figures for the 800 x 480 pixel resolution display include a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 400:1.

With a broad operating temperature from -20 to +70C, the TX31D55VM2BAA is a 12in WVGA display delivers a typical contrast ratio of 350:1 and NTSC colour saturation of 60% together with 450cd/m2 brightness levels with a viewing angle of 130 degrees from any direction.

Also operating over the -20 to +70 Celsius temperature range, the TX39D55VM1BAA is a 15.4in1280 x 800 pixel WXGA industrial class display featuring four-lamp CCFL backlighting and offering high quality optical performance including a contrast ratio of 500:1, brightness of 450cd/m2 and a typical colour saturation for NTSC of 72%.

All four TFT modules operate in transmissive mode, normally white except for the 9in IPS display which is normally black.

Each display features CCFL backlighting and a pallet of 256K colours.

The displays are supplied through Hitachi Display Product Group's distribution partners and are available to order across Europe immediately.

Hitachi Display Products Group is also able to design and develop customised display modules for specific customer requirements.

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